Notes to Self

The boss has Pollinosan. You and roommate need allergy prevention: Stop at Whole Foods after work and buy a bottle of Pollinosan.

Even though a pure white handbag is a good idea in very hot weather, you forget that it is very bright and almost blinding in the sun. Ow.

It is always darkest before the dawn. There are ways to fix problems. Don't panic over something that has a reachable solution. It will all be fine. Besides, your birthday is in three days.

You turn 28 on Friday.

Buy a water squirter bottle to keep the cats off the living room table (and away from your food).

Call Mom and say hi.

You have an appointment with the neurologist on Thursday.

Allergy season

I plan on getting a small (affordable) allergy arsenal at Whole Foods, plus extra pet wipes for the cats. It's starting, and it's already getting brutal.
I wish I could remember the best foods to eat to cut down on allergy-driven inflammation. All I can think of is high doses of Vitamin C, and locally harvested honey, and spirulina. I'll be taking some more of the boss' Pollinosan shortly.

I love spring. I do. But nobody loves pollen.

Allergy remedies

http://www.sherrygranader.com/nutrition-tip-3-allergies.htm
http://www.lifespa.com/article.asp?art_id=17
http://homepage.eircom.net/~kathymcmahon/allergiesneem.htm
http://www.uncleharrys.com/infobase/product/triphala.php

I already know all of this, but this is for the benefits of people on my friends list who might not know. While I love Benadryl and Claritin, I don't want to rely on them constantly, and I know people for whom they just don't work.

Most of this was drilled into me by Mom during my childhood. She still calls to ask if I'm taking Co-Q10 and Omega-3 (I am). Lately I am favoring the large doses of Vitamin C (4 grams or more) and probiotics, along with omega-3. CoQ10 is still expensive.

Triphala, Trikatu, and Neem, of course, are excellent. As is Xlear, which is the natural answer to OTC nasal sprays (Oh Em Gee, I love it so).

Amen, amen

http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/5979544.html
God/(s)(dess) Is Love.
People forget that.

a favorite quote

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To them... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death.
Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, their very breath is cut off...
They must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating."
--Pearl Buck
US novelist in China (1892 - 1973)

Questionable Content genius

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=852
The dialogue in the last panel is pure gold. Wow.